“Children lack moderation,” he explained. “They swing from like to dislike, extreme enthusiasm to extreme rage.”

So while Grumpy Frog is irreverent and witty, the story has an underlying aim of tackling tantrums and promoting tolerance of others.

Aside from that noble cause, we just really like Ed’s style – from the doodling drawings to the chatty narrator and character dialogue throughout, which is huge fun for reading aloud.

And just like the best way for an adult to deal with their embarrassing drunken antics the previous night is by laughing at themselves, tantrum-prone children will hopefully have an epiphany when they realise how ridiculous Grumpy Frog is acting.

Hopefully…

(Baby Bookworm totally has a grumpy resting face, by the way. God help us when he hits the terrible twos.)

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